The inspector reasons that normally class starts with religious
instruction, so he will ask a biblical question.

He asks :"Class, who broke down the walls of Jericho?"
For a full minute there is absolute silence.

The children all just stare at him blankly. Eventually, Sipho raises his
hand. The inspector excitedly points to him. Sipho stands up and
replies:" Sir, I do not know who broke down the walls of Jericho, but I
can assure you it wasn't me".

Of course the inspector is shocked by the answer and looks at the
teacher for an explanation. Realizing that he is perturbed, the teacher
says:

"Well, I've known Sipho since the beginning of the year, and I believe
that if he says that he didn't do it, then he didn't do it

The inspector is even more shocked at this and storms down to the
principal's office and tells him what happened, to which the principal
replies : I don't know the boy, but I socialize every now and then with
his teacher, and I believe her. If she feels that the boy is innocent,
then he must be innocent".

The inspector can't believe what he is hearing. He grabs the phone on
the principal's desk and in a rage dials the Minister of Education's
telephone number and rattles the entire occurrence to him and asks him
what he thinks of the education standard in S.A.

The Minister sighs heavily and replies: "I don't know the boy, the
teacher nor the principal, but just get three quotes and have the damn
wall fixed!!"